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Myung

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 명

| hanja = Family/given:
{{linktext|明}}

Given name only

{{linktext|名|命|鳴|銘|溟|暝|椧|皿|瞑|茗}}

{{linktext|蓂|螟|酩|慏|洺|眀|䳟|冥}}

| mr = Myŏng

| rr = Myeong

}}

Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Family name

The surname Myeong is derived from the Chinese surname Ming, written with the hanja {{linktext|明}}, meaning "bright" or "brilliance".{{cite web|url=http://gojun.knu.ac.kr/search_read.html?orderbystr=parents%20desc,pos&id=3524&searchstr=%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%84%B1%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%8C&qu=title&page=1&list_no=1|title=한국성씨일람|trans-title=List of Korean family names|publisher=Kyungpook National University|date=2003-12-11|accessdate=2013-10-30}} The 2000 South Korean census estimated that 26,746 people had this family name.{{cite web|url=http://sgis.nso.go.kr/pyramid/view_familyname_dmc_table.asp|title=성씨인구분포데이터|trans-title=Family name population and distribution data|publisher=National Statistics Office|location=South Korea|accessdate=2013-05-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101034812/http://sgis.nso.go.kr/pyramid/view_familyname_dmc_table.asp|archivedate=2013-11-01}} In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 62.1% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Myung in their passports. The Revised Romanisation spelling Myeong was in second place at 18.9%, while another 16.2% used the spelling Myoung. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.8%) included Myeoung.{{cite book|url=http://korean.go.kr/front/etcData/etcDataView.do?etc_seq=179&mn_id=46|title=성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회|trans-title=Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion|publisher=National Institute of the Korean Language|date=25 June 2009|accessdate=22 October 2015|page=58}}

People with this family name include:

Given name

=Hanja=

There are 19 hanja with the reading "myeong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.{{cite web|url=http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|title=인명용 한자표|trans-title=Table of hanja for use in personal names|publisher=Supreme Court|publication-place=South Korea|accessdate=2013-10-17}}

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  1. {{linktext|名}} (이름 명 ireum myeong): "name"
  2. {{linktext|命}} (목숨 명 moksum myeong): "life"
  3. {{linktext|明}} (밝을 명 balgeul myeong): "bright"
  4. {{linktext|鳴}} (울 명 ul myeong): "cry", "chirp"
  5. {{linktext|銘}} (새길 명 saegil myeong): "inscription"
  6. {{linktext|溟}} (바다 명 bada myeong): "sea"
  7. {{linktext|暝}} (저물 명 jeomul myeong): "to darken"
  8. {{linktext|椧}} (홈통 명 homtong myeong): "drainpipe"
  9. {{linktext|皿}} (그릇 명 geureut myeong): "dish"
  10. {{linktext|瞑}} (눈 감을 명 nun gameul myeong): "to close one's eyes"
  11. {{linktext|茗}} (차 싹 명 cha ssak myeong): "tea plant"
  12. {{linktext|蓂}} (명협 명 myeonghyeop myeong):
  13. {{linktext|螟}} (멸구 명 myeolgu myeong): "leafhopper"
  14. {{linktext|酩}} (술 취할 명 sul chwihal myeong): "drunk"
  15. {{linktext|慏}} (너그러울 명 neogeureoul myeong): "generous"
  16. {{linktext|洺}} (강 이름 명 gang ireum myeong): name of a river
  17. {{linktext|眀}} (밝을 명 balgeul myeong): "bright"
  18. {{linktext|䳟}} (초명새 명 chomyeongsae myeong): a legendary bird
  19. {{linktext|冥}} (어두울 명 eoduul myeong): "dark"

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=People=

People with the single-syllable given name Myung include:

  • Yun Myŏng (fl. 15th century), Joseon Dynasty scholar-official

=As name element=

One name containing this element, Myung-sook, was the fifth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950.{{cite web|url=http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?cate1=14&name=|title=한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?|publisher=babyname.co.kr|accessdate=2012-11-09}} Names containing this element include:

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See also

References

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Category:Korean-language surnames

Category:Korean given names